Improvement in seeding-machines



W.: J. BAKER.

Corn-Planter.

Nb 28,142. .Patented May 8, 1860.

MPERS, PHDTD-UTHDGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

TILLIAM `.I. BAKER, OF DIMOCK, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEEDING-MACHINES.

Speclication forming part of Letters Patent No. 2S. I4?, dated May S, 1860.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. BAKER, of Dimock, in the county of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Seeding Machine 5 and I do hereby declare t-hat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line x, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a plan or top view of the same; Fig. 3, a de tached front view of the driving-gear.

l Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to an improved seeding-machine of the class employed for planting seed in hills and in check-rows.

The object of this invention is to place the seed-distributing device under the complete control of the driver and insure the even planting of the seed in cheek-rows.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents an axle, on the ends of which wheels B B are placed loosely. In the axle A thills C are attached, and on the axle, at about its center, the drivers seat l) is placed.

To the axle A two pendants, a a, are attached, the lower parts of which form bearings for a shaft, E, which has a pinion, b, at its outer end and a crank-pulley, c, at its inner end. The shaft E is allowed to slide longitudinally in its bearings, and it is prevented moving casually by means of a lever, F, which is secured to the axle A by a fulerum-pin, d, and has its lower end forked and iitted over the edge of pulley c, the upper part of said lever being retained by a spring-catch, e', which is connected to a lever, j', that may be operated by the foot of the driver, the lever f extending up through the foot-board g, in front of the drivers seat.

To the inner end of the hub of the wheel B a ratchet, h, is permanently secured, and on the arm of said wheel B a wheel, G, is 'placed loosely. The wheel G has its periphery divided into six equal parts, three alternate ones of which are toothed, as shown at fi, the intermediate parts, y', being smooth. (See more particularly Fig. l.)

To the wheel G a pawl, 7.', is secured, and

this paw] engages with the ratchet 71, causing.

through the medium of the pawl, a rotation of wheel G with the wheel B when the machine 1s moved forward, the wheel G being inoperative when the machine is moved backward.

H represents a rectangular frame, the front end of which is suspended byrods o from the axle A. On the back part of this frame H there are placed two seed-boxes, p p, one at each side, and a slide, q, is iitted in each box, and a yielding cut-off plate, g. These slides are perforated and arranged like the ordinary reciprocating seed-slides in general use. Furrow-shares 1- r are attached to the back part of the frame H, just below the seed-boxes p p, the discharge-openings for the seed being di rectly back ofthe shares, and coveringshares r are attached to the back part of the frame. The slides gare connected by rods s s to the outer ends of levers t t on the frame H, and the inner ends of these levers are connected by rods u u to a common rod, o, which is attached to the crank-pulley c.

rIhe thills C extend some distance back of the axle A, and a lever, I. is attached thereto. The back end of the lever I is connected by a chain, a', to the back part of the fra-me H, as shown clearly in Fig. l. To one of the levers t a rod, w, is attached, said rod being also attached to a spring, b', at the back part of the frame H.

The operation is as follows: As the machine is drawn along motion is communicated from the wheel B to the wheel G by means of the pawl and the pinion b of shaft E, being adjusted `directly under wheel G. An intermit tingly-rotating movement will be given shaft E and the crank-pulley c through the medium ofthe levers t t, and rods s s, u fu, and fu, and the spring b gives an intermittingly-reciprocating movement to the slides q q, which drop the seed at proper intervals from the seedboxes p p, the seed falling into furrows made by the shares i' and covered by the shares o".

The driver may at any time elevate the frame H by depressing the front end of lever I, so that the shares r1 niay pass over any obstructions that may lie in their path; and in order that the droppings at the end of rows may correspond, or an even commencement- Y remainder of the rows. By having the frameV H, containing the seedboxes, and shares suspended to the axle, as shown, the seed-dis tributing device and shares are allowed to conform to the inequality of the surface of the ground.

Vhen it is not desired to drop theseed as .it passes over barren spots, or when the inachine is being drawn from place to place, the shaft E is moved longitudinally; s0 that the pinion b will be out of line or out of gear with wheel G, as shown in Fig. 8.

'I do not claim the reciprocating seed-slides q q for distributing the steed, nor the spring cut-offplates g',v for they or their equivalents have been used; but

I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1.' The arrangement of the wheel G, having a toothed and blank periphery, spaced as described7 the ratchet 7L, adjustable shaft E, provided with the pinion Z), and the crank-pulley c, connected with the seed-slides q through the medium of the levers t tand rods s s u u o,

and used in connection with Y the spring b, asV

and for the purpose set forth.

2. The frame H, provided with the seed-l VM. J. BAKER.

Vitnesses: v

E. B. GATEs,

L. E. GARLAND. 

